Samara Barnes - Rossendale West & Helmshore
@SamaraBarnes1
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Double Hatter Labour Cllr / Co Founder @SaferRossendale & @Meno_and_more / Proud Lancashire Lass 🌹 She/Her
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Always worth another share
Whilst
@BBCNews
&
@bbclaurak
continue to struggle to find any evidence of the Prime Minister lying to Parliament & breaking the Ministerial Code millions continue to watch the Prime Minister lying to Parliament & breaking the Ministerial Code
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@AngelaRayner
Didnt finish college & moved out at 18. Pregnant at 21, had to declare myself homeless at 23.
Thanks to tax credits & Sure Start I could get a job, went back to college, then uni in my 30s.
Now a councillor & good job for national charity.
Don't ever underestimate us!
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If you haven't watched this yet, take a look. 👇👇👇👇
25 MILLION VIEWS!
Working TOGETHER we have sent a powerful message to UK News shows if they won’t hold this Prime Minister to account for his rampant lying in Parliament we will do it ourselves!
How long can you ignore it now
@BBCNews
@BBCBreakfast
?
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@Conservatives
Because the contractors you hire do such a poor job, they have to go out and re-repair the potholes time & time again!
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@trussliz
My mortgage has gone up over £200 a month because of you &
@KwasiKwarteng
So I'm afraid the wishes aren't reciprocated.
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Might have been disappointing - but the beautifully devastating way this mirrors our government should not go unmissed.
Buckles - Johnson - or indeed any of that underwhelming, deceitful cabinet who have blundered their way to high office.
#LineofDutyFinale
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@SimonBaumMusic
In just 240 characters?
Well, to start with......
Jake Berry
Sara Britcliffe
30p Lee
Boris Johnson
Dominic Raab
Scott Benton
Jacob Rees Mogg
Jonathan Gullis
Brendan Clarke- Smith
Chris Clarkson
James Daly
Antony Higginbotham
Mark Jenkinson
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I have about about much faith in Dominic Raab as I do in Gavin Williamson 🤦♀️
#ToryShambles
#ToryIncompetence
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@BBCNewsnight
@sima_kotecha
I wonder how his staff ate treated then?
What an appalling attitude
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Left this on the door for our postie
@CWUnews
We support your strike
@eiecampaign
#EnoughIsEnough
#PostalStrike
@RoyalMail
- do better!
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Piers Morgan and Jeremy Clarkson would both be criminalised if Misogyny was a hate crime.
It's pretty chilling actually.
This is vile & depraved! That a public figure is emboldened to write these words about another human is sickening!
His confidence that many others share the same level of depravity, is scary!
Let's be clear that this is sexualised violence against women!
#JeremyClarkson
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@BestForBritain
@AngelaRayner
Very classy
@DominicRaab
Sexism and classism all in one foul swoop. Get back on your sun lounger sweetheart 😉
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A northern working-class woman, background in care work.
Lived in social housing.
Often underestimated.
Here with the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner. 😉
Feeling inspired to keep fighting the good fight today.
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@Mike_Fabricant
What's your issue? The fact that Angela is a woman, working class or northern?
She runs rings around you!
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Love seeing all the men crying about Mary Earps being nominated for Sports Personality of the Year.
The comments in the various fb posts/twitter feeds are hilarious
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@PennyMordaunt
@GreaterTheBook
@TheHive_Project
@portsmouthtoday
@CircularIT
@portsmouthnews
@StCuthbertCofE
@PaulsgroveC
@coopuk
@PegasusPrince2
@LewisGos92
You do know that food insecurity provisions are needed because of your government's failures!
I bet you turn up to cut the ribbon too 🤮🤢🤮
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#Helmshore
has a new
@UKLabour
councillor after 22 years.
Thank you to everyone who voted for me.
To say I'm over the moon is an understatement 🥰
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@CWUnews
I'm a local & county Councillor & I fully support the strikes.
@RoyalMail
boasts profits of £758 million with a £2 million bonus for CEOs & finance officer. Yet our KEYWORKERS have a meagre rise enforced on them & they have their terms & conditions annihilated.
#StandByYourPost
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@JakeBerry
Or Jake, you could pay them properly?
They don't have the opportunity to earn an extra £81,170 from a second job like some.......
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So.....
Might just have spent the day shadowing someone pretty special.....
Thank you
@AngelaRayner
@Dawn_Marsden
for today 💖
@LabourWomensNet
@LabRossendale
@LancsLabour
#FutureCandidate
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Congratulations to
@JamesFrith
who won the selection to be the
@UKLabour
candidate for Bury North.
Thank you to members for making me (and Indie) so welcome and for your kind comments.
I look forward to joining you in supporting James win back his seat ❤🌹
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Come on
@bmstores
Could this be anymore sexist? This has made me so angry!
PS, im the boss at my work. Not a helper!
@GuiltFemPod
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Tomorrow the selection opens to be the
@UKLabour
parliamentary candidate for Rossendale and Darwen.
It probably won't be much of a surprise to most people that I will be putting myself forward.
My motto has always been Deeds Not Words - and that is exactly what R&D needs now.
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I received this.
This was my response.
I'm not the most articulate person, but I'll be damned if I'm being made to sign a letter by someone who doesn't know me, doesn't know my stance on this subject and who has no regard for those they are emailing.
All UK councillors have been contacted demanding they sign a letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza & claiming that "antisemitism is being weaponised...to absolve Israel of any accountability".
It says councillors who do not sign will have their names publicised.
A🧵
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@MrJohnNicolson
@mrjamesob
@OnlineSafetyCom
Why don't people just admit when they have done wrong?
What's so wrong with 'Yep, you're right. I'm sorry'?
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I'm over the moon to share that I am on the shortlist to be the Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Rossendale and Darwen.
I'm committed to speaking to as many members as possible in the next 16 days.
Here we go......
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I wasn't sure whether to say anything or not - because we aren't supposed to be ambitious are we????...
But -
I have been chosen to be part of the
@UKLabour
Future Candidates Programme.
I don't know where it will lead, but I'm on a journey somewhere.
#DeedsNorWords
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@JeremyVineOn5
Yes. He's out of touch on most things.
But his decision shouldn't be based on the mood of the country. It should be based on doing the right thing by our keyworkers - paying them fairly and ensuring decent terms & conditions
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@GBNEWS
I thought I was watching something from Anchorman for a second.
This is disgusting 'journalism' 🤯🤯
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This is a very niche tweet.
I love Luke Stoltman (
@WorldsStrongest
) because when he finishes his event, he cheers everyone else on until they finish too. Shows the mark of the man
(Bet that's something you never thought you'd see on this twitter account) 🤣🤣
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@JakeBerry
You aren't going to win votes with this pal.
Maybe you might want to consider getting a better job? 🤣😉
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I DID IT!
I got the job!
Programme Manager for the Mental Health & Wellbeing Education Hub
Cue all the emojis...
😍🥰🤩🥳🥳💫👌🙌🙌💪💪🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️💃💃💃🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍸🍹🍺🍻🥂
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@JakeBerry
Will you be campaigning from your constituency or where you actually live in Wales?
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So, its the Bury North hustings tonight and we had a childcare crisis.
So, Indie is here supporting me.
The reality of being a mum in politics.
@stellacreasy
@LabourWomensNet
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Am I any good?
No
Am I getting better?
Sort of
Is it taking my mind off things out of my control?
Absolutely
Am I learning that it's OK to not be good at something?
Yes yes yes.
My first ball of wool is complete.
Don't laugh
OK, you can - just a bit 🤣🤣😉
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This is so powerful and has actually made me quite emotional.
I explain this to people regularly but this does it does much better than I ever could.
Thank you
@AndyBurnhamGM
#IsThisOk
?
@LancashireCC
@LancsPolice
@sharper76
Can we run a campaign like this please?
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I was really pleased to receive an email at dinner time to confirm that I have made it on to the longlist for the Rossendale and Darwen selection to be the next Labour parliamentary candidate.
One step closer.........
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I cant fit all the times that I have experienced sexual harassment in 280 characters - from the age of about 12.
That should say it all
#saraheverand
#MeToo
#ReclaimTheNight
#ThisHasToStop
#SheWasWalkingHome
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@PoliticsForAlI
Nope.
18 - drinks all night, up for work and ready for round 2 after a bacon butty and a brew.
39 - 2 drinks, in bed all the next day in a sea of self pity and regret
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@GBNEWS
@LeeAndersonMP_
Hi Lee
Please could you tell me why my mortgage doubled, my weekly shop has gone up about £60 pw, my gas/elec bill has gone up £195 pm, I can't get an NHS dentist, we have more foodbanks than McDonald's, we had to set up 'Warm banks' this year & why Jake Berry was made a 'Sir'?
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Didn't cry until now.
Thank you to whoever from my Labour Family organised these beautiful flowers x
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I think I might just burst.
I have wanted to do this training for literally years.
And I am overjoyed to say that I have been accepted for the
@LabourWomensNet
Jo Cox Women in Leadership Programme.
I have cheered, laughed, whooped & cried.
Thank you so much
#sisterhood
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@bphillipsonMP
My daughter would prefer to be taught in a den made from a clothes maiden, cushions and blankets. Doesn't mean it's right does it? 🤦♀️
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Tice, Farage, Oakenshott et al are rejoicing in what is going on at the moment.
The right wing press, media and MPs don't care about you or your family.
They are grifters. Its about making money, dividing people, and feeding their own ego.
We are better than them......
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I've been working with a young man who has been street homeless.
It's been very difficult navigating the system and getting him back on his feet.
Today, he moved into a property, and I've just dropped off a little 'happy new home' pack for him.
Some days are very good days 😊
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@SoVeryBritish
It's just a roast.
Turkey always tastes better the day after, on a butty with plenty of lurpack.
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🍾🍾 I Did It 🍾🍾
After a week of voting, I got the call last night that I am now the National Chair of The Women's Network for
@barnardos
I am absolutely overjoyed!
(Photo of me celebrating last night - although a crisp Sauvignon Blanc would be AMAZING right now 😂)
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On the recommendation, I've just started the brilliant Northerners by
@GroomB
Opening chapter talks about where the North actually is.
So I'm keen to know.. where do you think the North/South divide is? Especially keen to hear from those who live in the so called 'grey areas'
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Some personal news.
I have a new, exciting job.
I'm staying with the same national charity but a completely different role.
I'm a bit giddy if I'm honest - this is the type of role that I put on my vision board 6 months ago! 💚
And I get to stay with my amazing org.
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Thank you to everyone who has supported me in one way or another over the past 6 weeks.
Sadly, it wasn't my turn this time and I was unsuccessful.
I hope that despite the result, people have been able to feel a part of politics over the course of the campaign.
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Full solidarity to
@RMTunion
today and every day of the
#RailStrikes
As if I needed an excuse to wear my
@ToppleandBurn
T shirt again.
MickLynch
#JoinAUnion
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@SarBritcliffeMP
@AndyBurnhamGM
Hi Andy.
You are being dubbed at King of the North up here in Haslingden. (Part of Hyndburn constituency)
Thank you for standing up for us ALL.
And let's be clear - Game of Thrones style -
The North Remembers 🐺
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Its official - I've got a badge that says so!
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@MartinSLewis
@GMB
I'm a councillor and get a lot of messages from residents about this - here is one I got a couple of weeks ago. Shared with consent
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Just a point to note.
@JakeBerry
's constituency has more than 15 food insecurity projects in it.
Included 2 food boxes in the ward he apparently lives in.
Rossendale Food Box Scheme
Raft food bank
Lighthouse community food share
Positive Start
The Community Fridge.....
Conservative chair Jake Berry: People know when they get their bills, they can either cut their consumption or get higher salaries or higher wages and go out there and get that new job
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Why is
#BlackBreastfeedingWeek
so important?
When I did my bf training, I did not see 1 picture of black or brown breasts
I was not taught how damage to breasts may present differently in black or brown skin either
I was not taught to support ALL women.
We must do better!
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@CarmenA18646340
@trussliz
@KwasiKwarteng
Hmm, not sure that mortgage increases only affect Labour folk. But pretty canny of the Tories if that's the case
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The amazing
@RosieisaHolt
Sssshhh, don't tell her that I'm a lefty snowflake who is part of the tofu eating wokerati!!🤣🤣
#GTTO
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Well this is rather lovely. 👇👇👇👇
Rossendale results today (Hareholme)
Lancashire results tomorrow (Haslingden, Helmshore, Acre & Rising Bridge)
@LabRossendale
@LancsLabour
#ElectionResults2021
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So,
@JakeBerry
made an extra £135,200. He really did 'go & get a better job'
If he is earning £81,170 from a global law firm, how much time does that take away from his constituents in Rossendale & Darwen?
It's time for change.
#SophieRidge
@SkyNews
#MPs
#WestminsterAccounts
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@cv_cev
@MartinSLewis
People would have to do their own risk assessment.
I mean, it's devastating that this is a discussion for people are having!
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Just a point to note.
@JakeBerry
's constituency has more than 15 food insecurity projects in it.
Included 2 food boxes in the ward he apparently lives in.
Rossendale Food Box Scheme
Raft food bank
Lighthouse community food share
Positive Start
The Community Fridge.....
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@LiverpoolWomens
I started replying to people then decided not to waste any more emotional labour.
What I will say is that the level of trans transphobia here is appalling.
Do you people not go in disabled toilets?
Aeroplane toilets?
The toilets in most houses- all gender neutral.....
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